Church of God General Overseer Tim Hill has called for a denomination-wide emphasis on the celebration of its Pentecostal heritage with a month-long “Preparing for Pentecost” focus toward this year’s Pentecost Sunday on June 4, 2017.
Teleios Research conducted a survey by placing advertisements on InstaPray, a Christian Instagram account In total, 858 individuals participated, with the majority being: evangelicals (77%); college students (51%), females (67%), and 80% US residents. The average age was 23 ± 10 years.
In 2016, Bible Societies assisted in the completion of translations in 61 languages spoken by over 428 million people. 2016 was ‘a first’ for no fewer than 30 languages, spoken by over 95 million people. 17 communities now have their very first Bible, 6 have a New Testament and 7 communities have their first, or additional, portions of Scripture.
